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Race #11 — Michigan State Fairgrounds

September 9, 1951 • Winner: Paul Russo

Full-field race results and preserved archive material from the 1951 AAA Champ Car Series event at Michigan State Fairgrounds.

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#11Season Race
26Feature Starters
100Winner Laps
Paul RussoFeature Winner
7Winning Car
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Feature Results
FinStartNo.DriverMakeLapsStatus
137Paul RussoRusso/Nichels / Offy1001:11:44.21 83.620
272Walt FaulknerKuzma / Offy100Finished
3648Mike NazarukBromme / Offy100Finished
4499Tony BettenhausenKurtis / Offy100Finished
51639Sam HanksHill / Offy100Finished
61131Manny AyuloLesovsky / Offy100Finished
7134Bill VukovichKurtis / Offy100Finished
81414Duane CarterEwing / Offy99Flagged
9101Henry BanksMoore / Offy99Flagged
101876Johnnie TolanPawl / Offy93Flagged
111281Eddie JohnsonTrevis / Offy90Flagged
121783Buster WarkeKurtis/Warke / Offy85Flagged
13942Neal CarterGdula / Offy63Broken connecting rod
14873Gordon ReidKurtis/Wetteroth / Offy33Stripped gear
15226Joe JamesWatson / Offy28Engine overheated
161536Johnny FedricksRassey / Offy21Blown engine
17179Johnny McDowellKurtis 4000 / Offy SC20Blown engine
18569Gene ForceKurtis 2000 / Offy6Broken connecting rod
—--71Bill BoydStevens / Offy--DNS, too slow
—--35Bill DosterOffy--DNS, too slow
—--44Duke DinsmoreKurtis 3000 / Offy--DNS, too slow
—--65Frank ArmiRalph Miller / Ralph Miller--DNS, too slow
—--66Dick FraizerStevens / Offy--DNS, too slow
—--77Joe GarsonStevens / Offy--Wrecked qualifying
—--34Harry KingKurtis 2000 / Offy--DNS, too slow
—--82Carl ScarboroughVoelker--DNS, too slow
Source Attribution

Series framework and final standings: The Third Turn. Supplemental full-field race-result detail: ChampCarStats.com where individual The Third Turn race pages were login-gated.

Source: The Third Turn event page

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